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- Tags: Ju 88
Interview with Andy Andrews
Tags: 10 Squadron; 1663 HCU; aircrew; B-17; bombing; crewing up; Dulag Luft; evading; FIDO; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Halifax Mk 3; Heavy Conversion Unit; Ju 52; Ju 88; lack of moral fibre; lynching; military living conditions; mine laying; Operation Exodus (1945); Operational Training Unit; prisoner of war; RAF Cardington; RAF Cranwell; RAF Melbourne; RAF Rufforth; Resistance; shot down; training; Wellington; wireless operator
Interview with Arthur Baxter Reid
Tags: 100 Group; 192 Squadron; aircrew; bombing; crash; crewing up; Ju 88; Scharnhorst; training; wireless operator
Interview with Basil Goldstraw
Tags: 75 Squadron; Botha; ground crew; ground personnel; Ju 88; RAF Mepal; RAF Spilsby; Stirling; Tiger force
Interview with Bert Hammond. Two
Interview with Cecil Harry Chandler
Tags: 15 Squadron; 622 Squadron; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bombing; bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); control caravan; crash; fear; flight engineer; forced landing; Heavy Conversion Unit; Ju 88; killed in action; lack of moral fibre; Lancaster; Me 110; military service conditions; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); RAF Mildenhall; RAF Woodbridge; sanitation; Schräge Musik; service vehicle; Stirling; training
Interview with Clifford Watson. Two
Tags: air gunner; aircrew; Anson; Catalina; Ju 88; RAF Farnborough; RAF Horsham St Faith; training
Interview with Colin Lloyd
Interview with Dave Fellowes
Tags: 1656 HCU; 30 OTU; 460 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; bombing; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Ju 88; lack of moral fibre; Lancaster; Me 262; mid-air collision; military living conditions; military service conditions; Operational Training Unit; RAF Binbrook; RAF Hixon; RAF Lindholme; RAF Manston; taxiway; training; Wellington
Interview with Derek Carington Evans
After leaving school at the age of 14, Derek delivered books in and around Doncaster before going down to the Royal Air Force Recruitment Centre…
Tags: 18 OTU; 625 Squadron; Absent Without Leave; aircrew; Anson; bombing of Helgoland (18 April 1945); Cook’s tour; crewing up; Dominie; FIDO; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Ju 88; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; military discipline; military service conditions; Morse-keyed wireless telegraphy; Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); Operational Training Unit; RAF Blyton; RAF Finningley; RAF Hemswell; RAF Kelstern; superstition; training; Wellington; wireless operator; wireless operator / air gunner
Interview with Doug Beasley
Tags: 1652 HCU; 76 Squadron; air sea rescue; aircrew; bombing; crewing up; flight engineer; ground crew; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Halifax Mk 3; Halifax Mk 5; Heavy Conversion Unit; Initial Training Wing; Ju 88; Lancaster; McIndoe, Archibald (1900-1960); Operational Training Unit; perception of bombing war; propaganda; RAF Holme-on-Spalding Moor; RAF Marston Moor; RAF St Athan; RAF Torquay; training; V-1; V-weapon; Wellington
Interview with Doug Packman
Interview with Doug Petty
He completed technical training at RAF St Athan, where he met Betty, his future wife. From there Doug went to…
Interview with Douglas Reed
Tags: 156 Squadron; 166 Squadron; 8 Group; aircrew; Bennett, Donald Clifford Tyndall (1910-1986); bombing; bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); crash; ground crew; Halifax; Intelligence Officer; Ju 88; Lancaster Finishing School; Master Bomber; mess; military ethos; Mosquito; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Oboe; Operational Training Unit; Pathfinders; RAF Hemswell; RAF Kirmington; RAF Peplow; RAF Upwood; take-off crash; target indicator; training; Wellington
Interview with Edward Allan McDonald. Two
Tags: 50 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; B-17; B-24; bombing; crash; decoy site; forced landing; Fw 190; ground personnel; Ju 88; Lancaster; Me 109; military service conditions; Operational Training Unit; perimeter track; RAF Evanton; RAF Market Harborough; RAF Nutts Corner; RAF Skellingthorpe; shot down; Stirling; training; Wellington; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
Interview with Edward Harry Matthews
Interview with Eric Wilkin
Tags: 115 Squadron; 7 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); Distinguished Flying Cross; entertainment; Ju 88; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 2; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Pathfinders; RAF Oakington; RAF Waterbeach; RAF Witchford; RAF Woodbridge; RAF Wratting Common; Stirling
Interview with Frank Mottershead
Interview with Gerard Norwood
Interview with Gilbert Gray
Tags: 106 Squadron; 1654 HCU; 1660 HCU; 617 Squadron; Air Transport Auxiliary; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bombing; Cook’s tour; crash; fear; FIDO; flight engineer; Fw 190; Heavy Conversion Unit; Ju 88; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; memorial; military discipline; military ethos; military service conditions; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); RAF Metheringham; RAF Scampton; RAF St Athan; RAF Swinderby; RAF Syerston; RAF Wigsley; sport; Stirling; superstition; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; V-1; V-weapon
Interview with Gordon Topham
Tags: aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bomb dump; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); bouncing bomb; flight engineer; Halifax; incendiary device; Ju 88; Lancaster; pilot; RAF Bridlington; RAF Hemswell; RAF Lindholme; RAF Scampton; RAF St Athan; training; V-1; V-weapon; wireless operator
Interview with Graham Allen
Tags: 106 Squadron; 463 Squadron; aircrew; bombing; fitter airframe; flight engineer; Gibson, Guy Penrose (1918-1944); ground crew; ground personnel; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Ju 88; Lancaster; Me 262; military ethos; military living conditions; military service conditions; Operation Exodus (1945); P-51; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF Swinderby; RAF Syerston; RAF Waddington; RAF Wigsley; RAF Woodbridge; runway; Spitfire; Stirling; training
Interview with Harry Hughes
Tags: 102 Squadron; 3 Group; 6 Group; 692 Squadron; 8 Group; aircrew; Anson; Bennett, Donald Clifford Tyndall (1910-1986); bomb struck; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); briefing; Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Flying Medal; faith; Fw 190; Gee; ground personnel; Halifax; Halifax Mk 1; Halifax Mk 2; Harris, Arthur Travers (1892-1984); incendiary device; Intelligence Officer; Ju 88; Me 109; Me 110; Me 262; medical officer; meteorological officer; military service conditions; Mosquito; navigator; Operational Training Unit; Pathfinders; perception of bombing war; Portal, Charles (1893-1971); promotion; RAF Chedburgh; RAF Harwell; RAF Riccall; RAF Wombleton; RCAF Rivers; Stirling; training; Wellington; Window
Interview with Harry Irons. One
Tags: 158 Squadron; 462 Squadron; 5 Group; 50 Squadron; 77 Squadron; 9 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bombing; Bombing of Augsburg (17 April 1942); bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); briefing; Distinguished Flying Cross; fear; Gee; Gibson, Guy Penrose (1918-1944); Halifax; In the event of my death letter; Ju 88; Lancaster; military living conditions; military service conditions; Morse-keyed wireless telegraphy; Nissen hut; radar; RAF Bridgnorth; RAF Driffield; RAF Full Sutton; RAF Lissett; RAF Manby; Scarecrow; Schräge Musik; Spitfire; training
Interview with Harry Irons. Two
Tags: 158 Squadron; 462 Squadron; 466 Squadron; 77 Squadron; 9 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); briefing; Chamberlain, Neville (1869-1940); Churchill, Winston (1874-1965); coping mechanism; Distinguished Flying Cross; fear; final resting place; Gee; Gibson, Guy Penrose (1918-1944); H2S; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Halifax Mk 3; Harris, Arthur Travers (1892-1984); Ju 88; lack of moral fibre; Lancaster; Martinet; memorial; military living conditions; military service conditions; mine laying; Operational Training Unit; perception of bombing war; RAF Driffield; RAF Full Sutton; RAF Lissett; RAF Waddington; Scarecrow; Schräge Musik; searchlight; Stirling; strafing; superstition; Wellington; Window; wireless operator / air gunner; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force